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Google Contributor Is Removing Online Ads—for a Nominal FeeAds are the financial backbone of so many popular websites, but the current system is broken. To combat this, a new program, Google Contributor, is allowing Internet users to pay a dollar or three dollars per month in order to remove ads from a handful of popular online destinations. | 
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Anna and Elsa Join the Hour of Code 2014Last year, Code.org launched the Hour of Code to introduce simple coding concepts to school-age children. The second annual Hour of Code is almost here, and this year’s tutorial features some serious girl power, starring the Disney Infinity versions of Anna and Elsa from Disney’s movie “Frozen.” | 
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What the Sports Icon Dick Fosbury Can Teach Us about InnovationFor the most part of his early career, Dick Fosbury was an average high jumper. After Fosbury questioned the normal jumping technique and then mastered another technique, he went on to win Olympic gold. Anuj Magazine highlights some lessons we can learn from Fosbury and other innovators. | 
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Wearables Expanding into Communication Devices Wearables have taken a huge leap in the marketplace over the last year. These devices continue to make inroads in domains such as fitness, health, and entertainment, but a new segment wearables are beginning to focus on is communication. We'll see how people decide to use these new gadgets. |
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Making Beautiful Music from Big DataPamela Rentz highlights the work of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, a radio telescope composed of sixty-six high-precision antennas located in northern Chile, and how the big data is being put to use by translating seventy different radio images onto musical discs. |
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The Top Four Myths about Web Accessibility There are many misconceptions about accessibility that prevent people from making a conscious effort to incorporate it into their websites. But really, developing and testing accessible websites doesn't require more work, and it has many benefits. Let’s disprove the top four web accessibility myths. |
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Google Has Big Plans for the Health Care IndustryGoogle's foray into research is not new, and one of the areas that Google has invested in is life sciences research. During the past year, Google has been in the news for the health care technological advances that it’s working on, such as the detection of diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. |
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Blended Reality Could Be the Next Big ThingBlended reality can be most easily described as a tech-powered sixth sense. In order to harness this additional sense, you need to wear or be implanted with some piece of technology that speaks to a computer. HP's new Sprout touch-based computer is one of the first to make use of this concept. |
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